Mixer publishing is running a "Sex, Violence, & Satire" contest with a $1,000 prize, and there's still time to enter. So, if you've been chewing on the idea of writing a story containing "sex and satire," "violence and satire," or "sex, violence, and satire," then consider this motivation to finish it up.

Rita J. King investigates the ways storytelling is being influenced by Twitter. Indeed, she writes that “every five days, a billion tiny stories are generated by people around the world … [and] the tweets are being archived by the Library of Congress as part of the organization’s mission to tell the story of America.”

"I haven’t met Drake, but I have of course met people who have met Drake. But you have to realize how o-l-d I am. I’m not likely to go to the same parties. Or many parties at all, to be frank." Junot DiazinterviewsMargaret Atwood for The Boston Review. We obviously recommend you read our respectiveinterviews with them both, too.

On the occasion of its first anniversary, The Second Pass founder John Williamsgets interviewed by VQR. "I realize I’m not making a convincing case for the Luddite thing. You’ll just have to trust me."

Celebrate literary journal Asymptote's third anniversary in New York City later this month. The event will featureEliot Weinberger, Jeffrey Yang (translator of Liu Xiaobo), Paris Review poetry editor Robyn Creswell, Idra Novey (translator of Clarice Lispector), and Daniella Gitlin (translator of Rodolfo Walsh). They will come together for a panel discussion on translation and readings. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.

Over at Catapult, Mensah Demary shares the story of how he got to be a professional editor. As he puts it, “I was asked recently what it takes to succeed as a writer and editor. Actually, I was being asked a more specific question: how do you become a successful writer and editor? I don’t have the answers; I only have my life.” Pair with Kate Angus’sMillions essay on making a living as a poet.